Interstitial cystitis is a chronic bladder condition that causes pelvic pain and increased urgency and frequency to urinate. A “normal,” or healthy bladder is typically free from infection or disease, ...
Interstitial cystitis means inflammation in all the layers of the bladder. Doctors thought that only in this disease they would find inflammation in all the layers, but slowly they realized that other ...
Visible blood in the urine is not a typical symptom of interstitial cystitis (IC). However, in some cases, lab tests may show microscopic blood in the urine of people with IC. Doctors refer to blood ...